Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said, "Thanks to the decisive leadership of our President Erdoğan from day one, Turkey has handled the coronavirus crisis in an exemplary manner. While the world has come under immense pressure by this unprecedented threat, decades-long healthcare investments are paying off.”
Altun shared a thread on his Twitter account regarding Turkey’s fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
Pointing out Erdoğan’s leadership in this process, Altun noted the following:
"Thanks to the decisive leadership of our President Erdoğan from day one, Turkey has handled the coronavirus crisis in an exemplary manner. While the world has come under immense pressure by this unprecedented threat, decades-long healthcare investments are paying off. Our government has taken care of our citizens by mobilizing our healthcare system, supporting our healthcare workers, conducting large numbers of tests, aggressively pushing for R&D on possible cures and a vaccine, and making all coronavirus treatments free of charge."
Altun reminded that Erdoğan also announced “a 100 billion TL economic package to support our financial system”, and said that the Ministry of Treasury and Finance had taken any necessary measure to support their small and medium businesses while providing stability in the financial markets.
Indicating that Turkey had gone over and beyond in its efforts to lead a global diplomatic push and help countries in need around the world, Altun said, “We have consistently been leading the world in humanitarian and development help and we retained this status during coronavirus times.”
"Turkey will get through this crisis in good shape"
Altun reminded that they instituted many strong measures including the weekend curfews to ensure that social distancing was implemented fully, and noted that they saw a slowdown in the pace of new cases, patients in ICUs as well as the number of deaths.
“However, we cannot relax measures to allow another spike.” Altun stressed, noting the following:
“We are truly lucky to have our President Erdoğan lead us through these tumultuous times. His determined leadership is the key for our government’s robust and successful management of this crisis. Our people have largely followed our government’s guidance thanks to his messages. Turkey will get through this crisis much better than most countries under our President Erdoğan’s leadership. Thanks to the generosity and common sense of our people, we will not only overcome this challenge but lead the world in global public health response.”